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After Capitalism (New Critical Theory) Summary
After Capitalism (New Critical Theory)
by David Schweickart 2002 224 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Economics
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The Culture Code Summary
The Culture Code
An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do
by Clotaire Rapaille 2006 272 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
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The Great Reset Summary
The Great Reset
How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
by Richard Florida 2010 239 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
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Business
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The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 448 pages
4.02
9k+ ratings
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Sociology
Business
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 376 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
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History
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Liquid Surveillance Summary
Liquid Surveillance
A Conversation
by Zygmunt Bauman 2013 200 pages
3.8
100+ ratings
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Average Is Over Summary
Average Is Over
Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
by Tyler Cowen 2013 304 pages
3.64
2k+ ratings
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Business
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The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 288 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
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Sociology
Economics
On Rumors Summary
On Rumors
How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, and What Can Be Done
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 128 pages
3.29
100+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science
by Alex Pentland 2014 320 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
Science
Sociology
Psychology
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2011 256 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Sociology
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Essays
Utopia for Realists Summary
Utopia for Realists
The Case for a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, and a 15-hour Workweek
by Rutger Bregman 1825 252 pages
4.22
38k+ ratings
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Philosophy
Machine, Platform, Crowd Summary
Machine, Platform, Crowd
Harnessing Our Digital Future
by Andrew McAfee 2017 408 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
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Technology
Science
The Person and the Situation Summary
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
by Lee Ross 2011 304 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Society
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days
Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
by Malcolm Harris 2017 272 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
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Sociology
Politics
How Democracies Die Summary
How Democracies Die
by Steven Levitsky 2018 320 pages
4.16
25k+ ratings
History
Political Science
Politics
Divided Summary
Divided
by Tim Marshall 2018
4.01
5k+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018 448 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Spirituality
The Boy Crisis Summary
The Boy Crisis
Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
by Warren Farrell Ph.D. 2018 368 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Sociology
Team Human Summary
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019 256 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
People, Power, and Profits Summary
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019 366 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Man for Himself Summary
Man for Himself
An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
by Erich Fromm 1990 272 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Psychoanalysis
In Defense of Open Society Summary
In Defense of Open Society
by George Soros 2019 224 pages
3.42
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
by Becky Bond 2016 224 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 304 pages
4.20
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Capitalism, Alone Summary
Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
by Branko Milanovic 2019 304 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Precipice Summary
The Precipice
Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
by Toby Ord 2020 480 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
George Soros On Globalization Summary
George Soros On Globalization
by George Soros 2002 160 pages
3.19
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Green Swans Summary
Green Swans
The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
by John Elkington 2020 296 pages
3.8
100+ ratings
Sustainability
Economics
Business
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016 320 pages
3.44
100+ ratings
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Sociology
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On Being Human Summary
On Being Human
by Erich Fromm 2013 968 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
by Dr. Charles Murray 2016 152 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Economics
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Sociology
A Good Childhood Summary
A Good Childhood
Searching for Values in a Competitive Age
by Judy Dunn 2009 235 pages
3.73
50+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Society
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
11k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively? Summary
Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?
From The Righteous Mind (Kindle Single) (A Vintage Short)
by Jonathan Haidt 2016 73 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Philosophy
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2012 323 pages
4.09
9k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
No Logo Summary
No Logo
10th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by the Author
by Naomi Klein 2009 544 pages
3.88
31k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
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Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017 164 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 450 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
Privacy Is Power Summary
Privacy Is Power
by Carissa Véliz 2020 320 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Sociology
Free Speech And Why It Matters Summary
Free Speech And Why It Matters
by Andrew Doyle 2021 1088 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 271 pages
3.56
100+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Power of Strangers Summary
The Power of Strangers
The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
by Joe Keohane 2021 352 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Status Game Summary
The Status Game
On Human Life and How to Play It: On Social Position and How We Use it
by Will Storr 2021 417 pages
4.14
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik 2021 256 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
by Richard Wilkinson 2010 402 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Get Together Summary
Get Together
How to Build a Community With Your People
by Bailey Richardson 2019 192 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 319 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 319 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
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